Trevor Potter and Mark Gaber in WaPo:
Although a criminal conviction does require proof of intent — proof Trump knew he was asking for nonexistent votes to be counted in his favor — a person cannot avoid criminal liability… Continue reading
Fascinating Sam Issacharoff:
Dozens of judges, from all political persuasions, uniformly rejected the extravagant claims of President Donald Trump to set aside the presidential election results, or to compel Republican state legislatures to deliver their electors to him. Even with… Continue reading
New Ned in WaPo:
President Trump seems to believe that Vice President Pence could overturn the election results when he presides over the congressional counting of electoral votes on Wednesday.Trump is wrong, but any attempt by Pence to intervene on… Continue reading
Politico:
A Justice Department attorney said Monday that the census population count used to apportion House seats for the next decade may not be ready until February, which would thwart President Donald Trump’s plans to exclude certain immigrant populations from… Continue reading
Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman in the NYT:
As president of the Senate, Mr. Pence is expected to preside over the pro forma certification of the Electoral College vote count in front of a joint session of Congress. It… Continue reading
Politico:
Mitch McConnell explicitly warned Senate Republicans not to challenge Joe Biden’s presidential win. But now that a dozen of his members are going there, the GOP leader is taking his thumb off the scale.The Kentucky Republican actively sought to… Continue reading
AP:
Tabulation of the votes has taken so long, the winner missed the opening day of the 117th Congress on Sunday. The seat representing New York’s 22nd Congressional District, previously occupied by Brindisi, is empty for now.
A string of… Continue reading
Peter Baker NYT analysis:
President Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the result of the election that he lost has become the most serious stress test of American democracy in generations, led not by outside revolutionaries intent on bringing down… Continue reading